Improvement in wagon-brakes



D. J. RUNDELL.

WAGDN BRAKE.

[WZ Patented Nov. 1. 1870.

ordinary manner.

wenn sulla DANIEL J. RUNDELL, Oli SOUTH WESTERLQ' NEW YORK.

.IMPROVEMENT IN WAGON-B RAKES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom 'it may concern.

Figure l is a top View of the lear partpof a wagonv to which my improved brake has been attached.

Figure 2 is a vert-ical longitudinal section of the same taken through the line a: x,jig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. f

My invention has for its object to iilrnislran improved brake, which shall be simplev in. construction and effective in operation, heilig so constructed as to apply the brake-shoes to both the fi'ont and rear sides ot' the wheels at the samel time und by the same operation and.

It consists in the construction and combination of the various parts of the brake, as hereinafter more fully described. l

A. represents -the rear wheels, B the rear axle, and C the rear bolster' of a wagon, about the construction of which parts there is nothing new.

D represents the hase or foundation-name of a rack to which the brake is attached, though the brake'can be attached with equal facility to an ordinary wagonhox.

E are the brakehars, two of which are used, and to the ends of whichare attached brake-shoes F in the The brake-bars E are placed in and supported by the keepers G attached to the frame D. Io thcl'orward brake-bar AE are attached two (more orlcss) rods, H, which extend' back through notches in the upper side of the holster C, through the openings or spaces between the holster and axle, or through notches iu the under side of the false bolster when a false bolster is used.

The lrear end or ends of the rod or rods H arel pivoted to the lower end of the lever I, which is pivote-d to 4the rear bral`re-bar E or to short arms attached to said brake-bar. v

The upper end of the lever I extends up at the rear of the wagon, and should have a rope attached to it and extending to the driver upon his seat,or upon the i top ofthe load, so`that he can conveniently apply the brake when required.

By this construction, when the lever I 1s operated one or the other of the brake-bars E will be moved so as to 'bring its shoes F in contact with the wheels which bar and shoes then act as a fulcrum to draw the other brake-har and its shoes against the other suie oi the wheels, when each brake-bar acts as a fillet-nm to the other and the whole power of the leverage 1s aplplied to the wheels.

When the-lever I is released itsweight and the frl tion of the wheels at once throw the brake-har baci to their former position.

It should be observed that the keepers Ur should bc of such a length as to limi-t the movement ot the bars E when moving back from the wheels, so that the outer ends of said keepersv may ac t as stops to said bars and as fulcrums to aid in pushing back the said bars from the wheels.

Having thus described my invention,

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters lat` The combination of the two brake-bars E, with their shoes F, keepers G, rod or rods H, and lever I, with each other and with the whe-eis and rack-frame or -box of the wagon, substantially as herein shown and described and for the purpose set forth.

vWitnesses: DANIEL J. RUNDELL.

H. E. Romnxs, Guo. W. Romans anni ditta. 

